Abstract: A resource list server issues SUBSCRIBE requests for individual resources in a list upon receiving a SUBSCRIBE request for the list. Then, when the resource list server has received NOTIFY messages that indicate the status of the individual resources from a notifier for the resources, the resource list server sends NOTIFY messages to a subscriber that has a subscription for the list, which includes the resources. When the notifier has received a request for updating an existing subscription, the resource list server sends a NOTIFY message that includes no content to the subscriber.

Abstract: A resource list server issues SUBSCRIBE requests for individual resources in a list upon receiving a SUBSCRIBE request for the list. Then, when the resource list server has received first NOTIFY messages that indicate the status of the individual resources from a notifier for the resources, the resource list server sends second NOTIFY messages to a subscriber that has a subscription for the list, which includes the resources.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for supporting acceptance of an order of a custom product. The apparatus is connected to a user terminal in a company through an Intranet and includes a price estimation unit, a price matching unit, a storage unit and a WWW server. The apparatus first provides, to a user having a user registration, a menu of functions which can be utilized based on a division of the user in response to an access from the user terminal. When the WWW server receives a price estimation request for a custom product including product specifications and negotiation information from the user terminal, the price estimation unit calculates an estimated price. When the price matching unit receives a price matching request from the price estimation unit, it transmits an e-mail to the terminal of a person who perform the price matching to urge the person to issue an answer to the price matching. Necessary data including specification matching of the past are registered in the storage unit.

Abstract: The invention provides an improved refrigerator incorporating a vegetable-storage chamber in which, using moisture-permeable films capable of automatically varying humid-permeability, humidity inside of a vegetable-storage container is automatically and securely controllable to prevent dewing symptom from being generated therein while always preserving high humidity suited for vegetables and other produce to make it possible to store.The inventive refrigerator incorporates a vegetable storage container 18 having open top-surface and provides a lid member 19 in close contact with and by way of covering the open top surface of the vegetable storage container 18. The lid member 19 is provided with moisture-permeable films 20 comprising a humid-vapor-permeable basic cloth 21 made from nylon or polyester resin and a hydrophilic shape-memory resin film 22 made from polyurethane resin or the like.